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Synthesis, characterization and visible light driven dye degradation performance of one-pot synthesized amorphous CoWO4 powder

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This study illustrates the first ever report on degradation of methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB) within visible light using facile one-pot synthesized amorphous cobalt tungstate (a-CoWO4) powder via wet chemical method. Various physico-chemical techniques including X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscope, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and ultra-violet diffuse reflectance spectroscopy confirmed the successful formation of CoWO4. The a-CoWO4 exhibited spherical morphology with direct band gap of 2.51 eV, as estimated using the Kubelka Munk method. Furthermore, CoWO4 powder used for the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) and methylene blue (MB) dyes demonstrated excellent performance by degrading 94% RhB and 89% MB dye in 2 hour (h). The a-CoWO4 demonstrates excellent recyclability as well as stability. The superior performance was ascribed to a larger surface area as well as reduced band gap due to the amorphous nature which enabled the response to the visible light. This work highlights the potential of a-CoWO4 powder for visible light active photocatalysis.

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The authors greatly acknowledge the DST-INSPIRE, India, for financial support through research project sanction no. DST/INSPIRE/04/2016/000260. The authors are thankful to the Science and Engineering Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, India, New Delhi for financial support through a research project (sanction number TTR/2021/000006 dated 24 March 2021). JLG acknowledges the Science & Engineering Research Board, a statutory body of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India for awarding the Ramanujan Fellowship (SB/S2/RJN-090/2017).

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This Study was supported by funder name (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, India (Grant No. TTR/2021/000006).

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PPB: Investigation, Formal analysis, Data curation, Writing—original draft. VVM, DBM: Investigation, writing—review & editing. YMC: Resourses, supervision. JLG: Visualization. UMP: Visualization. CDL: Funding acquisition, supervision. Writing—review & editing.

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Bagwade, P.P., Magdum, V.V., Malavekar, D.B. et al. Synthesis, characterization and visible light driven dye degradation performance of one-pot synthesized amorphous CoWO4 powder. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 24646–24662 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09174-w

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